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Monday, May 25, 2009

"Rise in methane detected above Arctic," MSNBC, May 22, 2009.

Zeppelin Station in the Norwegian Arctic


OSLO - A rise in concentrations of a powerful greenhouse gas over the Arctic after a decade of stability is stirring worries about a possible thaw of vast stores trapped in permafrost, experts said.

Levels of methane in the atmosphere rose 0.6 percent in 2008, according to preliminary data from the Zeppelin station on a remote island in the Norwegian Arctic, after a similar 0.6 percent gain in 2007, Norwegian officials said.

  “The biggest worry is that there are emissions from the permafrost, and also from wetlands in the northern region.”
Catherine Lund Myhre
Senior Scientist
Norwegian Institute for Air Research.

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